Iga Swiatek’s obeseher, Tomasz, elucidateed that he determined to stop coaching his daughter in order to let her “inhabit and labor the way she wants” despite being a prosperous sportsman himself.
The 60-year-ancigo in vied for Poland in rotriumphg at the 1988 Summer Olympics and led Iga’s prolongment as a tennis joiner before handing the reigns to Michal Kaznowski and then Piotr Sierzputowski, who was swapd by Tomasz Wiktorowski in 2021.
Wiktorowski labored with establisher world No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska from 2011 to 2018 and established a prosperous partnership with Swiatek, who has become a dominant force in the WTA.
Swiatek has sat atop the world rankings for 122 weeks at the age of 23, with five Grand Slam triumphs under her belt already – four coming at the French Open.
Her obeseher has elucidateed that while he still travels with her to tournaments, exits all coaching decisions to those employd by his daughter, instead cgo ining on helping her as a parent rather than splitting duties.
“I didn’t cut her off, becaemploy I’m still with her, I go to many tournaments,” he clarified to Polish outlet WP SportoweFakty. “However, I try to have my own life and let Iga inhabit and labor the way she wants. I talked to her about it before I came to the Olympics. She consentd, she wanted me to be with her during the tournament.
“I’m phired that I can be with her in the role of a parent. It’s reassociate more advantageous for everyone when there’s a division of roles and responsibilities. The result is excellent results on the court. We are, above all, a family, and family is not labor. Iga has distinctiveists for that.”
Tomasz has lambasted parents who chooseed to become their child’s guide coach, insisting that it is “crazy” to go down that road even though he create it difficult to step aside and apshow Swiatek to labor with a tennis expert.
“And they are part of the crazy parents promisetee,” Tomasz inserted. “Of course, it wasn’t effortless for me at first, but there was a moment when I went thcdisorrowfulmireful a lot of leangs and understood what my role was. But that was quite punctual, before Iga begined her atgentle on the WTA circuit. I’m phired I understood it so rapidly.
“Iga is so clever and autonomous that we don’t even talk about it. I don’t present or propose anyleang. She has coaches for that. I stepped aside.”
Tennis joiners are frequently coached by their own family members, most famously Ricdifficult Williams with Serena and Venus, while Judy Murray helped her sons Andy and Jamie. Rafael Nadal has also labored shutly with his uncle, Toni.
But Swiatek and her obeseher have apshown a separateent path, proving to be the one most fruitful for their relationship and her atgentle.
